Other recommendations

Introduction

The Cost Analyzer's optimization feature includes a section that identifies idle or underutilized Azure resources across multiple subscriptions and management groups, consolidates them, and offers actionable recommendations.

Recommendations for a cost management group will be accessible in the following path: Cost group -> Optimization -> Other recommendations.

Below is a list of recommendations provided for identifying idle and underutilized resources.

Each recommendation type is accompanied by a detailed description and the number of resources identified across multiple subscription.

By selecting the recommendation name, users can view the resources and their details identified for the corresponding recommendation type.

Recommendation notification

Recommendations can be notified as a recommendation report, allowing a specific team (or) team member to prioritize actions for a particular resource.

1. Select a recommendation name.
2. Select a recommended resource.
3. Click Trigger notification.

3. Choose the desired channels (or) configure recipient mail address
4. Click Send

The recommended resource data will be sent as a report to the configured channels.

Below is an image of recommendation report received via mail after triggering it for a rightsizing recommendation:

Export recommendations

Recommendations can be downloaded as an excel workbook.

1. Click Recommendation name -> Download as excel option to export the recommendations in an excel worksheet.

Downloaded excel file contains the basic details of the resources.